Call In Day: Demand All Charges Dropped! - Mon. Oct. 13

Call In Day: Hold Police Accountable for Brutality and Unlawful Arrests!
Monday, October 13th

Best performed in conjunction with court watching for the RNC 8:
http://twincities.indymedia.org/2008/oct/court-watch-rnc-8

6 of the RNC8 are attending court on Monday Oct 13th. In solidarity with them and the 800+ other RNC arrestees, we are asking folks to take 5 minutes to call Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner's office, St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and St. Paul City Attorney John Choi and demand that ALL CHARGES BE DROPPED.

818 people were arrested during the RNC protests. Please call these officials to demand that all charges be dropped! This call in day is organized by the Anti-War Committee (612.379.3899, info@antiwarcommittee.org, antiwarcommittee.org) and supported by the RNC 8 Support Committee and Coldsnap Legal Collective.

Call Mayor Coleman @ 651.266.8510
Mayor Chris Coleman misled the public and allowed St. Paul to become a militarized police state during the RNC. Riot police lined the streets of the permitted march on Sept 1. On Sept 4, the city-sponsored "public viewing area" across from the Xcel Center was closed to the public. Throughout the week, protesters were attacked with pepper spray, tear gas, concussion grenades, rubber bullets and police batons. Coleman called the actions of police "nothing short of heroic." Call Mayor Coleman to demand that police be held accountable for their brutality at the RNC and that all charges against protesters be dropped!

Call Ramsey County Attorney Gaertner @ 651.266.3222
Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner is responsible for prosecuting everyone charged with felonies at the RNC including 8 people who are facing over 7 years in prison on trumped up charges of terrorism. Gaertner, who's running for governor in 2010, is prosecuting the RNC 8 strictly for their political beliefs and affiliations. Call her to demand that all charges be dropped now!
Tell her to drop the Felony charges against almost 2 dozen RNC protesters and that you are watching the "RNC 8" case very closely. Demand that her office not prosecute protest organizers as "terrorists".

Call City Attorney Choi @ 651.266.8710
St. Paul City Attorney John Choi is in charge of prosecuting all RNC-related misdemeanors. He has referred to RNC protesters as outsiders who wanted to "create mayhem." On Sept 4th, nearly 400 people were arrested for unlawful assembly after riot police blocked every route to the Xcel Center. The vast majority were Twin Cities residents who were protesting the war in Iraq. Call Choi to demand that all charges be dropped now!

Please be polite, but firm. Remember that what you say will have an
impact on everybody facing charges, and it could very easily have a
negative impact if you are not careful